sun dog

See also: sundog

English

Sun dogs

sun dog (plural sun dogs)

Either of two bright spots, caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals, sometimes seen on the parhelic circle.

spot

Bulgarian: лъжливо слънце (lǎžlivo slǎnce)
Catalan: parheli m
Dutch: parhelium n, bijzon (nl) f
Finnish: auringonsappi, sivuaurinko
French: parhélie (fr) f
German: Nebensonne (de) f
Hungarian: melléknap (hu), vaknap, cimbora (hu), napkutya, naphalo, parhelion
Icelandic: hjásól (is) f, aukasól (is) f, gíll (is) m (to the west of the sun), úlfur (is) m (to the east of the sun), úlfakreppa f (both simultaneously)
Japanese: 幻日 (genjitsu)
Korean: 무리해 (murihae), 환일 (hwanil)
Maori: imurangi
Navajo: shá bitłʼájiiłchiiʼ
Norn: gallj m
Persian: خورشید کاذب, خورشید مجازی, عکس خورشید, پیراخورشید
Plautdietsch: Biesonn f
Polish: słońce poboczne n, parhelion (pl) m
Romanian: halou n
Russian: парге́лий (ru) m (pargélij), ло́жное со́лнце n (lóžnoje sólnce)
Spanish: parhelio
Swedish: vädersol (sv) c, bisol c, solvarg c
Turkish: yalancı güneş

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